Two years in the making, the cover story by Pierre Alexandre de Looz, a contributing editor at the biannual German magazine, is to spread over some 30 pages.

COVER BOY: Nicolas Ghesquière, who exited Balenciaga last November after a stellar 15-year stint, is the cover story of the next issue of biannual German magazine 032c, WWD has learned. Two years in the making, the story by contributing editor Pierre Alexandrede Looz is to spread over some 30 pages, addressing Ghesquière’s work and legacy along with such close collaborators as artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, actresses Charlotte Gainsbourg and Chloë Sevigny and stylist Marie-Amélie Sauvé, who contributed a fashion story photographed by Karim Sadli, according to Joerg Koch, 032c’s publisher and editor in chief. The issue is due out in mid-April.